Chapter 145 : At the end, it is Lu Mo Ah

“What about your swordsmanship? You’re clearly an ordinary person without any talent for divine power, and yet your swordsmanship even forced Solaris’s artifact to protect its master?”

Gellenson continued pressing.

“How could a girl from the mortal realm possibly display swordsmanship far surpassing that of a hero?”

“Actually, I have a teacher.”

Lu Mo answered again.

“My teacher is someone everyone here should know—his title is the Unbreakable Blade.”

“!!!”

“A legend of the mortal realm, but after his battle with the Demon Duke, his realm was destroyed and he vanished without a trace.”

“The Unbreakable Blade… is that the same Unbreakable Blade I’m thinking of?”

“I never thought he was still alive?”

For a moment, the crowd began to murmur among themselves.

“And his disciple has created yet another legend.”

Gellenson felt his heart drop with a thump.

But he still barked sternly:

“Ridiculous! How can you prove that your teacher is the senior Unbreakable Blade?”

“I can vouch for her!”

Lu Mo looked up.

At that moment, she saw an elderly figure stand up.

She remembered the old man.

Before the Demon King’s throne, she had chatted with him briefly.

He had volunteered to destroy the outer wall of the Demon King’s throne.

He survived that incident, but was severely injured and had yet to fully recover.

And he had firmly stood on her side.

But even so, the old man still attended this trial.

“Senior, you…”

The old man held a certain prestige in the Holy Sanctuary.

That he would voluntarily speak up for Lu Mo now was something Gellenson hadn’t expected.

Seeing Gellenson speak, the old man flicked his sleeve and coldly reprimanded:

“Is the Liat Family nothing but people who can’t stand seeing others do well?”

“No, Senior, that’s not it…”

Gellenson tried to explain, but the old man simply ignored him.

Damn it!

This was all Lu Mo’s fault again!

Gellenson looked at Lu Mo once more, gnashing his teeth, his expression venomous to the extreme.

“Fine, all that has excuses. But there’s one last thing you simply cannot prove—”

“Lu Mo, correct me if I’m wrong—you disappeared for many years, didn’t you?”

“During those years, it was as if you had evaporated from this world!”

“When you returned, your realm and swordsmanship had become absolutely terrifying—like heaven and earth compared to before you left.”

“Answer me—what did you do during that time?”

“A person cannot possibly have, in those years of disappearance…”

But at this moment, Lu Mo didn’t even spare Gellenson another glance.

“May I leave now?”

Lu Mo asked the presiding judge.

“The Sword of Judgment has declared you innocent. You may go, Miss Lu Mo.”

The presiding judge nodded.

After a slight bow, Lu Mo turned and headed toward the exit of the courtroom.

Seeing Lu Mo ignore him, Gellenson’s anger burned even hotter.

“Lu Mo, did I say you could leave?”

He roared.

“Are you afraid? Is your conscience guilty?”

“Stay right here and answer me!!!”

He stood there, hysterical, like a barking dog, like a clown raging in impotence.

No one in the room answered him.

Finally, the head of the Kalis Family couldn’t take it anymore and stood up to rebuke Gellenson:

“Gellenson, shut your mouth!”

“Do you really not know, or are you pretending not to know, what Lu Mo actually did during those years she disappeared?”

“What did she do?”

“Do you remember… many years ago, a girl named ‘Mo’?”

“Mo?”

After so many years, the Kalis Family head brought up that name again.

Dead memories began to attack everyone present.

Yes, Mo.

A name that had been gone for a long time.

But the things she had done left an extremely deep impression on people.

As a mortal, she constantly challenged the geniuses of the ancient families.

And every time, she managed to beat those geniuses down.

There were also rumors that Mo had appeared in numerous ruins, snatching opportunities.

Several times, she even took things right from under the noses of some old monsters from various families, making them grind their teeth in anger.

And the name “Mo” truly became known to the entire world during the great regional genius tournament.

She defeated one genius after another.

In the end…

She even effortlessly defeated a God-descendant!

Perhaps Mo did all that to gain the recognition of the great powers and become their disciple?

But in the final aptitude assessment, Mo was unable to secure first place.

And those great powers never came for her in the end.

From then on, Mo disappeared.

Like a fleeting flower.

Blooming brilliantly at the genius tournament, then quickly withering.

As the years passed, she was gradually forgotten.

And now, the head of the Kalis Family had brought up that name again.

“I don’t know why Lu Mo never mentioned this, nor answered you.”

“But since she is unwilling to answer, I will answer for you—”

The Kalis Family head stared at Gellenson, speaking word by word:

“Back then, everything that ‘Mo’ did was what Lu Mo did!”

“Everything that ‘Mo’ experienced was what Lu Mo experienced!”

As Lu Mo’s arrival came into view, the noise in the courtroom suddenly died down.

The girl walked slowly toward the high platform at the center of the hall.

She was supposed to be the accused.

And before this, most of the accused would have been extremely uncomfortable at this moment.

Staring at the judges and the Sword of Judgment on the high platform, they would begin to panic, weep, and even kneel to beg for mercy.

But at this moment, no one saw any fear or hesitation on Lu Mo’s face.

She simply walked.

Still calm.

Still breathtakingly beautiful.

Still… noble.

As if she were not a criminal escorted by judgment knights.

But a queen.

Wasn’t she afraid?

Wasn’t this a courtroom?

Wasn’t she the one on trial?

Then why did it feel like she was about to stand on the high platform and read out the names of the guilty?

Everyone was momentarily dazed.

Cecilia was still sweating for Lu Mo in her heart.

And Gellenson, seeing Lu Mo’s demeanor, also held his breath, a buzz ringing in his head.

But soon, he returned to normal.

“Bluffing…”

“Yes, just bluffing.”

Gellenson sneered.

“That expression is not at all what a normal person should have when facing a trial.”

“The calmer she is, the more problematic she becomes.”

“Is she trying to intimidate me at this moment?”

And the Liat Family, of course, would not be frightened by such clumsy acting.

Lu Mo stepped onto the high platform step by step.

Finally, she stood before everyone.

Countless eyes turned to her.

From the judges, representatives of major powers and families, the mid-to-high levels of the Holy Sanctuary…

All kinds of gazes, and all kinds of intentions.

“The accused has arrived. The trial begins.”

The presiding judge seated at the very top spoke, announcing the start of the trial.

“This trial was initiated by the Liat Family, approved by over half of the families, powers, and mid-to-high-level members of the Holy Sanctuary, and fully complies with the Holy Sanctuary Code.”

“The purpose of the trial is to confirm whether Lu Mo Kalis, a member of the Kalis Family, is a demon.”

“Initiator Gellenson Liat—is all of this… true?”

He asked Gellenson.

And Gellenson stood up at that moment and walked to the front.

“Yes, completely true.”

Gellenson spoke, then looked at Lu Mo with a somewhat condescending air.

“And the accused, Lu Mo—do you have anything to say now?”

After a few seconds, Lu Mo also looked up at the presiding judge and Gellenson, not avoiding their gazes at all.

“Of course I do—”

She spoke.

“I can prove my innocence here, fine.”

“But if this trial ends up being nothing but a farce and a false accusation… is the Liat Family ready to pay the price?”

“!”

As her words fell, the entire hall was shocked once more.

The accused was actually questioning the Liat Family—were they ready to pay the price?

Such a thing might have never happened in this courtroom before.

Under normal circumstances, the accused almost always begged for mercy.

But Lu Mo actually…

They couldn’t help but admire Lu Mo’s courage at this moment.

Gellenson hadn’t expected Lu Mo to challenge him in such a setting either.

“Lu Mo, you—”

He was furious and immediately prepared to rebut.

“Gellenson, don’t forget—the one standing here, the one you are questioning, is the one who killed the Demon King—”

But immediately afterward, Lu Mo’s voice made his body tremble.

The girl’s voice now carried an icy edge, an absolute authority that brooked no dissent.

At that moment, Gellenson instinctively wanted to prostrate himself, images of wearing a collar flashing back into his mind.

He was about to drop to the ground, but immediately caught himself, his face turning pale.

“Conversely, if I am completely innocent, can I also question you in return?”

“Are you venting your anger at Solaris’s death on the survivors of the hero’s party?”

“Or perhaps… you are the human who was possessed by a demon?”

The pressure in Lu Mo’s tone was simply too strong.

The cowardly and base side hidden deep in Gellenson’s heart began to uncontrollably surface again.

He struggled to suppress these feelings, becoming both startled and enraged.

He could not expose that side of himself at this moment.

Nor could he let Lu Mo seize the initiative.

Don’t be fooled by Lu Mo.

The more arrogant she acts, the more it proves there’s something wrong.

Gellenson, don’t scare yourself.

He told himself, and soon met Lu Mo’s gaze.

“The accused is daring to question the one who initiated the trial?”

“Fine. When this is over, if you really are innocent, the Liat Family will visit the Kalis Family and the Helovit Family in person to apologize and offer compensation that satisfies both families.”

But before Gellenson could finish, Lu Mo shook her head and said:

“Not enough.”

“Not enough?”

Gellenson sneered.

“What more do you want?”

“When this is over, if I am innocent, I want you to never pester Cecilia and me again, and to never make things difficult for the Kalis and Helovit Families.”

“I also want you to… record the slander of the hero who killed the Demon King into the family’s history, and into the Holy Sanctuary’s history—”

“!?”

As soon as the girl finished speaking, the entire room was shocked once more.

Lu Mo had made two additional demands.

The first demand was nothing much.

Because the Liat Family’s interests didn’t overlap much with those of the Kalis and Helovit Families.

If conflicts did arise in the future, a little concession would be fine—no major impact.

But the second demand…

Was extremely severe.

With this, Lu Mo was essentially nailing Gellenson and the Liat Family to the pillar of shame in the Holy Sanctuary!

From then on, for tens of thousands of years, the Liat Family’s reputation and status would be burdened with the stigma of having slandered the hero who killed the Demon King!

For Gellenson and the Liat Family, this was an extremely heavy blow.